A Child Already Knows

Tiffany Sia

United States, 2024

Alongside a montage of early Mao-era children’s animations, a child recounts an escape from Shanghai, disguised as a family vacation through the south.

 English
 33 min

A Kind of Testament

Un genre de testament

Stephen Vuillemin

France, 2023

A young woman comes across animations on the internet that have clearly been created from her private selfies. An unknown female with the same name confesses to identity theft. But why?

 English
 16 min 24 secs

A Metamorphosis

Lin Htet Aung

Myanmar, 2025

Drawing from television propaganda in Myanmar, a deconstruction of the country’s national flag, adopted in 2010, backdrops a wider examination of Burmese people’s suffering and resilience under repeated military dictatorship.

 Burmese
 16 min 36 secs

A Very Straight Neck

Neo Sora

Japan, China, 2025

After waking from a dream unable to lift her head, a mother's ordinary routine become an unbearable challenge that throws her into a surreal confrontation of her grief. 

 Japanese
 10 min 37 secs

Abortion Party

Julia Mellen

Spain, 2025

After scraping together the money for an abortion, a young woman throws a party in her Chicago neighbourhood to celebrate.

 English
 13 min 19 secs

all that appears solid is built on blood

Gelare Khoshgozaran, Izdihar Afyouni

United States, 2026

Comprises 72 consecutive frames from a 1’:30” video of the making of a mass grave in Khan Younis, Palestine, which have been reproduced and soaked in the artist (Izdihar)'s blood. 

 Arabic
 11 min

Amarelo Banana

Alexandre Sousa

Portugal, Hungary, 2025

After another night of insomnia, a man comes across a strange community living in his building and discovers the elaborate illusion they have created.

 No dialogue
 12 min 40 secs

Another Other

Bex Oluwatoyin Thompson

United States, 2025

A Black police officer and university president are interrogated by white state officials after failing to sufficiently comply with their respective institutions.

 English
 9 min

As Told by a Corpse

Yace Sula

United States, 2025

At a traditional naming ceremony, family members pray and swoon over the birth of an alleged baby girl, kicking off the demise of an entity resistant to the identity imposed upon them.

 English
 5 min 5 secs

Aster

Chloe Hebert

United Kingdom, 2024

A shooting star falls to the ground, longing to return to the sky.

 No dialogue
 5 min 27 secs

Beneath Which Rivers Flow

ابراهيم

Ali Yahya

Iraq, 2025

In the marshlands of Southern Iraq, Ibrahim and his family live in solitude as strangers to the outside world. But as the rivers dry, unrelenting forces threaten the only life they have ever known.

 Arabic
 16 min 21 secs

Between Us

Maryam Haddadi

United Kingdom, 2025

A mother and her four-year-old son navigate the emotional terrain of migration through a shared camera, capturing fleeting moments, quiet fears, and enduring love in an attempt to preserve their shared heritage before it fades.

 Persian (Farsi)
 17 min 42 secs

Birds

Fin Bain

United Kingdom, 2025

A troubled young man recounts a wild night out as he battles balancing his drug habit and his new responsibilities.

 English
 8 min 32 secs

Blood Warms Faster than Tea

Urip Mung Mampir Ngombe

Rizqullah Panggabean

Indonesia, 2025

A young man is trapped working at his father’s Javanese food cart. Haunted by guilt, he searches for a way out of the fate that is draining him.

 Bahasa Indonesia
 15 min 30 secs

Blue Heart

Coeur Bleu

Samuel Suffren

Haiti, 2025

Their loving son is away. Marianne and Petion are living in Haiti with a telephone, waiting for a call from the USA, where their son has left for the American dream.

 Haitian
 15 min 20 secs

Blueland

Fran Spaeth

United Kingdom, 2025

Unveils the unspoken world of a community midwife, where behind every door lies a story of trauma, resilience, and unconditional care.

 English
 14 min 25 secs

Body-oddy-oddy-oddy: Destabilizing the Surveilling of Queer Bodies

Benjamin Rosenthal, Eric Souther

United States, 2024

Explores the nature of how we understand our bodies, the ways in which we “queer” the body, and the performative nature of how we explore our identities in mediated space.

 No dialogue
 9 min 23 secs

BUGs

BUGs

Vitória Cribb

Brazil, 2023

A bug, a car and a humanoid are stuck in a blank room. As they desperately search for ways to escape, they must realise there are forces at work beyond their control.  

 Portuguese
 5 min 40 secs

Clear

Hogan Seidel

United States, 2024

Confronting the illusion of “safety”, altered 16mm footage and layered audio reveal the quiet violence surveillance imposes on unseen, unprotected bodies.

 English
 6 min 22 secs

Community Theatre

Lewis Baillie

United Kingdom, 2025

Three generations' stories unfold in a Scottish town community theatre.

 English
 13 min 16 secs

The Creature of Darkness

Lisa Marie Malloy, Ray Whitaker

United States, 2025

Deep in Shawnee National Forest, Brielle, Karri, and Nunu are shown a cave that once hid freedom seekers on the Underground Railroad. Around the campire, their uncle shares a generations-old story of a creature that stirs at night.  

 English
 15 min 36 secs

The Crystal Ship: Floating Down the Unconcerned River

George Wyllie

United Kingdom, 2003

Celebrated artist George Wyllie's documentary charting his campaign to build a major monument for the city of Glasgow.

 English
 24 min 0 secs

CUL-DE-SAC !

Clyde Gates, Gabriel Sanson

Belgium, 2026

Thrown into the world to bring all the machines to life, angels work tirelessly out of view of humans. When they try to escape, a blackout crosses the city.

 French
 17 min 41 secs

Daddy Superior

Benjamin Partridge

United Kingdom, 2025

Monks Father Martin and Brother Thomas lead a devout life in the countryside – until an unexpected disruption threatens to unravel their peaceful monastic existence.

 English
 15 min 18 secs

Daphne was a torso ending in leaves

Catriona Gallagher

United Kingdom, Italy, 2024

The Greek myth of Apollo and Daphne is reimagined in contemporary Rome, a landscape once surrounded by native laurel forests and still home to persistent symbolic depictions of Daphne’s metamorphosis into a laurel tree.

 English
 13 min 30 secs

Daria’s Night Flowers

گل‌های شب ِدریا

Maryam Tafakory

France, Iran, United Kingdom, 2025

Daria has written her first manuscript about falling in love with a mysterious girl called ‘abi’ [blue].

 Persian (Farsi)
 16 min 4 secs

Date Night

Phoebe Bourke

United Kingdom, 2025

When two men are stood up at the same bar, a reluctant and awkward conversation evolves into an unexpected connection. 

 English
 12 min 21 secs

Dawn of the Ick

Nell Mercier

Ireland, 2025

A small town is plagued by a syndrome causing women to abandon their husbands. Sibéal thinks she’s immune until she’s hit with a visceral repulsion when her partner Faoláin moves in.

 English
 14 min 57 secs

Distance To The Moon

Victoria Watson, Sacha Kyle

United Kingdom, 2025

'X' embarks on a surreal journey into the vastness of space, exploring existential isolation, connection and the profound power of the cosmos.

 Italian, English
 9 min 24 secs

Doctor Death Grip

Amber Schaefer

United States, 2026

An autofiction writer’s viral essay about her six-fingered boyfriend’s porn addiction tests a couple’s already deteriorating relationship.

 English
 21 min 16 secs

Dog Hair Sticks to Everything

Megan McRitchie

United Kingdom, 2025

When a woman adopts an abandoned dog, she unexpectedly finds the sense of community and belonging she's craved her whole life.

 English
 4 min 53 secs

Dollhouse Elephant

Jenny Jokela

Finland, 2025

A group of neighbours must coexist—whether they like it or not (they don’t).

 No dialogue
 11 min 14 secs

Downriver a Tiger

Víctor Diago

Spain, 2025

Júlia, a photographer, moved to Glasgow from Barcelona to start over. One day while takingpictures, one of her eyes begins to fail. As her illness spreads, Júlia begins a search into the depths of Glasgow and its history.

 Catalan, English
 EN DS
 75 min 43 secs

Draw!

Niamh Harley

United Kingdom, 2025

A young cowboy has a magical pencil that brings anything he draws to life. However… he can't draw! When a mysterious out-of-towner arrives in the town, will our hero be able to draw his weapon on time? 

 English
 4 min 57 secs

Dreamscape

Meray Diner

United Kingdom, 2025

A journey through the inner worlds of women in Scotland who have been shaped by migration and marked by generational trauma.

 English
 8 min 18 secs

Dìleas

Emily Munro

United Kingdom, 2025

A charcoal animated film dedicated to the people of the Isle of Lewis and surrounding areas who suffered the heartache of the maritime 'Iolaire' disaster on New Years day, 1919.

 No dialogue
 3 min 24 secs

Each To Their Own World

Klarissa Webster

United Kingdom, 2025

An insight into the lives of deaf people as they navigate social norms and clashing cultures in a society built for a “fully abled” person.

 British Sign Language
 16 min 32 secs

Existential Greg

Will Anderson

United Kingdom, 2025

After being left alone at home by their owner, Greg, an anxious Persian cat, processes his existential dread on a journey toward spiritual enlightenment.

 English
 9 min 27 secs

Familiar Stranger

Ace Mahbaz

United Kingdom, 2025

An intimate drama about identity, belonging, and the unexpected ways two people can find connection across discomfort and time.

 British Sign Language
 14 min 43 secs

Fanatic

Fanatyk

Mateusz Jarmulski

Poland, 2025

A fair-haired knight, craving a victory, delves into a mysterious maze. The deeper he ventures, the more he discovers the meaninglessness of his quest. 

 No dialogue
 9 min 5 secs

Fačuk

Maida Srabovic

Croatia, Slovenia, 2025

In a God-fearing village, everyone recoils from a young pregnant woman who is about to give birth to an illegitimate child. 

 No dialogue
 12 min 48 secs

The Figure in the Carpet

Fibi Cowley

United Kingdom, 2024

A personal reflection on living alongside hallucinations, depicted through experimental puppetry and doll-making.

 English
 7 min 9 secs

Forever

Théo Djekou, Pierre Ferrari, Cyrine Jouini, Pauline Philippart, Anissa Terrier

France, 2024

While golfers play on the other side of the fence, peaceful garden gnomes find themselves attacked by stray golf balls.

 No dialogue
 6 min 26 secs

Four Seconds Flat

Leyla Josephine Coll-O'Reilly

United Kingdom, 2024

While play-fighting, Adam reminds Eve that he could have her unconscious in four seconds flat. Eve must decide whether to take his comment as a joke or as a threat.

 English
 17 min 13 secs